General Manager

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Spartanburg (SC); In loco; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Georgia-Pacific LLC in Spartanburg, SC, is seeking a General Manager (GM) to lead the corrugated packaging facility. You will own the P&L, drive profitability, and align sales, operations, and customer service to deliver value.

Reporting to the South Region VP of Packaging, you will propel growth while maintaining safety and quality. The role requires 50%+ travel to build customer relationships and pursue opportunities, with a focus on operational excellence and cross-functional leadership

Competenze

• 5+ years in a manufacturing environment in a managerial leadership role in sales or operations.
• Experience leading, developing and coaching teams.

Mansioni

• Lead the commercial and operations organizations as the P&L owner of the corrugated packaging team.
• Drive growth, improve profitability, and deliver customer value through cross-functional collaboration.
• Ensure safety, reliability, quality, and disciplined execution across the facility.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Team coaching

People development

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Engineering/Operations

Descrizione del lavoro

Your Job

Join our team as General Manager (GM) and lead our Corrugated Packaging facility in Spartanburg, SC. As the key leader, you will have overall responsibility for the success and profitability of the Spartanburg plant. This is an exciting opportunity to align team efforts with our vision to deliver high-quality packaging solutions on time while leading our sales, operations, and customer service teams. Reporting to the South Region VP of Packaging, you will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to drive growth, deliver customer value, and strive for operational excellence.

Your Job

Join our team as General Manager (GM) and lead our Corrugated Packaging facility in Spartanburg, SC. As the key leader, you will have overall responsibility for the success and profitability of the Spartanburg plant. This is an exciting opportunity to align team efforts with our vision to deliver high-quality packaging solutions on time while leading our sales, operations, and customer service teams. Reporting to the South Region VP of Packaging, you will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to drive growth, deliver customer value, and strive for operational excellence.

Location: For this position you must live or relocate within close proximity to the Spartanburg plant. The role requires frequent travel (50%+) to effectively build customer relationships, pursue new business opportunities, and seek operational improvements.

Our Team

As a dynamic and experienced leader, you will lead the commercial and operations organizations as the P&L owner of our corrugated packaging team. This role offers a significant opportunity to coach and develop a team that values winning together. If you are a talented leader eager to drive success and growth in a customer-focused environment,

What You Will Do

Leadership, Safety & Operational Excellence

• Apply Principle Based Management (PBM) to create an environment of trust, accountability, respect, and continuous improvement where employees are empowered to contribute and create value.


• Lead and develop a high-performing team across operations, sales, and customer service, helping individuals maximize their contributions while building organizational capability.


• Ensure operations are led with a relentless focus on safety, compliance, reliability, quality, and disciplined execution.


• Actively seek and use bottom-up knowledge and diverse perspectives to improve decisions, challenge assumptions, remove barriers, and drive better results.


• Create clear expectations and accountability while empowering employees to make decisions where they have the knowledge and capability to do so.

Customer Value & Profitable Growth

• Develop and execute a market-focused commercial strategy that uses customer and market knowledge to identify mutually beneficial opportunities and drive sustainable, profitable growth.


• Build and strengthen customer relationships by deeply understanding their needs and identifying opportunities to create long‑term value.


• Lead commercial activities, including pricing, forecasting, budgeting, and direct customer engagement, with a focus on improving profitability and return.


• Seek new and better ways to create value by challenging existing approaches and advancing technologies, processes, and innovations that improve safety, quality, reliability, productivity, and the customer experience.

Business Leadership & Financial Performance

• Own the facility’s P&L and make sound economic decisions that improve both near‑and long‑term business performance.


• Establish priorities and allocate resources based on where they can create the greatest value for customers and the business.


• Use financial, operational, customer and market insights to identify opportunities, evaluate trade‑offs, and improve decision‑making.


• Build strong partnerships across the organization, sharing knowledge and capabilities to solve problems and capture opportunities.


• Foster an environment where employees challenge the status quo, learn from successes and failures, and work together to achieve superior results.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in a manufacturing environment with 5+ years in a managerial leadership role in sales or operations.


• Experience leading, developing and coaching teams.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.


• Experience with profit and loss (P&L) ownership, including budgeting, forecasting, and driving profitability.


• Experience within the corrugated, packaging, or related industrial manufacturing industry.


• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with a strategic mindset and success in driving organizational change.

THIS ROLE IS NOT OPEN TO VISA SPONSORSHIP

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

Georgia‑Pacific LLC is a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper‑based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia‑Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day –to make everyday products even better.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E‑Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).